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by jhancock 17y ago
I'm guessing you need admin access to the database to mod things down. Flagging is all there is so far as published info.
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by jhancock 17y ago
Your recent post on the education bubble is well written. I look forward to future installments. Since I assume you make financial decisions with hard numbers, I'm hoping to see some as this thesis continues.
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by jhancock 17y ago
I do consider that in some cases they have no problems abusing laws of other nations. The countries you mention are very small. They could not accumulate the wealth they have in a vacuum. One thing small "banking" countries have subsided
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by jhancock 17y ago
I don't understand this statement in connection to your first one. I think its fine for people to take a stand for political reasons but not necessarily insane. That is not what has happened here. If they did not like Bush, they had 8 yea
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by jhancock 17y ago
I agree that taxes, just about everywhere, are uneven, unfair, and horribly misspent. I have an interest in fixing this. I think step one is to get everyone to feel the pain. Then we can have honest debate about what is fair and continue
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by jhancock 17y ago
The reason they are expected to pay is because they made a choice to come to the U.S. and become a part of that society. If you don't want those implications, don't make that choice. The reason people make the choice is because they want t
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by jhancock 17y ago
I've thought about your comment some more since I first read it. Can you back this up? I mean real numbers? Especially since you are going down a path of comparing an education bubble with a property bubble. I'm not criticizing your art
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by jhancock 17y ago
* Should the US government be able to dictate the laws of foreign lands, in order to satisfy its own choice of tax regime? No they should not. But this is not what's happening here. The transactions originated in the U.S. by and through U
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by jhancock 17y ago
You right, it is screwed up. You should write to your Canadian representative to let them know you are being unfairly taxes by Canada for a service they do not provide. Why should Canada profit from your stock transaction for a U.S. entity
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by jhancock 17y ago
Can you provide references? Are you saying that the U.S. transactions (includes equities) may be subject to U.S. taxes? If so, that seems fine. I don't see any claims to non-U.S. property.
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by jhancock 17y ago
yep, but citizen's services have declined over the years. Used to, I could walk into the main consul and see someone. Now, I have to go to the appropriate office after making an appointment perhaps weeks ahead. To be sure, much of the rea
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by jhancock 17y ago
If you own a home, even as an investment as a foreigner, you want to make sure it doesn't get burned down or broken into. This costs, and taxes are used to pay those costs. What will happen to the value of your home if the local water, se
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by jhancock 17y ago
Its a tough call as to whether to treat H1-B and Green Card residents in this way. My personal feeling is that people that come here under such programs should be looking to make the U.S. their home and therefore start paying into the syst
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by jhancock 17y ago
That one does seem unfair. To get to the bottom of your issue, you have to figure out how to deal with the case of what if you later choose to become a permanent resident/citizen? Would we need to collect a large sum of back taxes on you?
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by jhancock 17y ago
I'm not sure I agree with that. Especially when you consider Swiss banking history and their willingness to hide money for just about anyone. Obama is in a tight spot. Tax revenues are _way_ down. The U.S. not only needs to pay for ongoi
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by jhancock 17y ago
As a U.S. citizens living in China for many years, I still consider the U.S. my home long term. I receive a reasonable tax deduction for living out of the country the majority of each year, and that is a fair tradeoff. The U.S., my home,
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by jhancock 17y ago
It is useful (I won't agree with critical) in some respects for overall wealth creation. For example, leveraging outside wealth into our stock markets. It does amount to U.S. citizens paying tax on the same transactions that non-citizens
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by jhancock 17y ago
Even if their argument was _only_ that one tax issue, its still a legitimate U.S. tax. Allowing non-U.S. citizens to participate in transaction without taxation of U.S. property, yes, private property, amounts to forcing U.S. citizens to c
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by jhancock 17y ago
As near as I can tell, this article says "The U.S. won't turn a blind eye to private banking tax evasion schemes anymore, so we're out of here". So long and please don't come back. As long as there exist large loopholes for high-net-worth
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by jhancock 17y ago
7 - People refuse to believe that the asset class could have the possibility of a bubble I'm not so sure that people refuse to believe. The clip from Barney Frank is interesting as it shows how the blow hards on the hill put a "its for the
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by jhancock 17y ago
That may have contributed. But its sort of like saying cigarette companies took a downturn when states made it harder to sell to minors. This is something they shouldn't have been doing in the first place. Note: I'm not comparing being di
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by jhancock 17y ago
those are some good points. Here are some examples that may or may not support this: 1 - We have a company formed in a Shanghai district. The company is categorized to be in the IT business. We have a favorable tax policy. Very favorabl
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by jhancock 17y ago
Sounds like they run their servers outside China. This works if most of your users are outside China. It can be highly problematic if most users are inside China. I do not agree with using "pseudo-legal registration hacks" unless you real
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by jhancock 17y ago
I doubt the economy will be in full swing in two years. I would love to be wrong about this.
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by jhancock 17y ago
Yes, this does seem to be a top-down problem and not a result of incompetence. I'm guessing they won't change until they see their profits effected. As to PayPal, I have chosen other providers. So I only have to deal with them if some ven
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by jhancock 17y ago
I thought advertisers were paying for clicks, not impressions? Why should the advertisers be upset if they are getting lots of free impressions? If your answer has something to do with "it messes up their math" in terms of knowing how well
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by jhancock 17y ago
Google doesn't have too many users to "economically" support. They are simply reaping higher profits by not scaling support along with revenue.
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by jhancock 17y ago
unfortunately, I do not see this as incompetence. Google has made a choice to not put "enough" of their profits in customer service.
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by jhancock 17y ago
Google and PayPal both fall into the category of not putting enough profits into customer support. This is what most fear from market consolidation and extremely large companies. They squeeze more profits from doing things that a company w
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by jhancock 17y ago
Do you want "how to program?" or a "clear and concise guide to ruby?". If its the later, this fairly new O'Reilly "The Ruby Programming Language" is the only way to go.

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